Just had my mind blown by Culver City High School’s production of Hadestown. It was better than many professional shows I’ve seen.
If you’re in SoCal, come support high school theater! Show runs March 5-8 and 12-15.
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"Call for International Doctoral Students: Short-Term Research Visit at the Social Media Lab" socialmedialab.ca/2026/02/24/c...
I hope that there are several grad students writing about these online betting markets in politics and their potential abuse by insiders. I suspect that we could figure out upper and lower bounds on gains from manipulating betting markets from inside the WH.
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Yoon Suk-yeol has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Oh please let it be this. Please.
Apple Music posted this thank you video from Bad Bunny. It is full of joy and the beauty of America’s melting pot. You may want tissues nearby. Cc: @beckyhammer.bsky.social, Benito Ambassador
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
Attn: LAW 222 students. I saw a reference to Bondi reinventing Omelas here. The suffering of these victims is something we all agree to ignore as somehow crucial to strong stock market. Ouch.
Dropping the video/documentary for anyone curious: youtu.be/1TCX_Aqzoo4
Wow! (This whole thread is full of delightful details from the show.)
I also see “Conejo” on the PR flag. Bad Bunny = el conejo (or conejito) malo
Peep the LIGHT BLUE Puerto Rican flag in the window
The flag with the light blue triangle represents the Puerto Rican independence movement
For many years it was illegal to display on the island
(Lots more light blue flags forthcoming in this performance)
So glad he did El Apagón — and included the electric wires for those who don’t know the song.
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Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
I can recommend the work of Kelly Zvobgo at William and Mary. She’s terrific. www.zvobgo.com
JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Oh, and I recently saw CHVRCH and Allison Russell as openers, and they were both so good.
Here are 10, in order:
Crystal Gayle (!)
Debbie Gibson(!)
En Vogue
Fiona Apple
Aterciopelados
Alanis Morisette
Norah Jones
Indigo Girls
Dar Williams
Regina Spektor
Reposting so I can add to my slides.
@mariajstephan.bsky.social did a fantastic job on The Late Show last night. She explained civil resistance, the authoritarian playbook, and the moral foundations of resistance.
Here is part 1: youtu.be/N7MgLMzsnmE
Same. A huge win amidst the chaos. Congrats and have fun!
Sotomayor: “This whole case is irregular, starting with treating the Truth Social post as notice.”
I hope they put in an opinion that a social media post on a proprietary platform cannot ever be considered notice. It’s so dumb to have to say it, but these are dumb times.
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“There already has been a process. There was a social media post….”
Help
“What is the removal order? The Truth Social post?” 💀
I felt the same way. And he gave Americans an analogy to use with our representatives, institutions, and employers with the green grocer’s sign. Good politics.
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
I don’t know how big accounts do it. I like things cozy and small around here. 😅
